> > > I don't know if this applies here, but I read somewhere that the words that come just before disaster are things like:
> > > "I've just had an idea."
> > > "Hey, Y'all! Watch this!"
> > > "Don't worry. I can make it."
> > > "I think everything will be okay now."
> > > "I've done this a hundred times."
> > > "It's perfectly safe."
> > > "Hmmmmmmm. I wonder what would happen if..."
> > > "Hurry, or we'll be late."
> > > "Don't worry about it."
> > > "It's just a safety device. Disconnect it."
> > > "It just might work."
> > > "It won't cost much."
> > > "This the best way to do it."
> > > "What could happen?"
> > > "It's only 110 volts."
> > > "Let me show you how to save a little money."
> > > "There's an easier(quicker, cheaper, better)way."
> > > "This stuff won't burn or conduct electricity."
> > > "Murphry Law is a joke."
> > > How"What went wrong?ard
> >
> > Don't forget:
> >
> > "Let me show you something cool!"
> > and
> > "Have you ever tried..."
> >
> > Drac "But the fuse is only 5 amps larger than it's supposed to be... what could happen?" imas
>
> On a vaguely related note, I would like to share the opening statement of the most painfully boring book I have ever been forced to read. I just spent the last two days off work studying for the meteorology component of my too-rapidly-approaching navigation exam. So, when they write the definitive guide to Blatant Utter Lies, right at the top of the list will be:
>
> "The study of cloud forms, physics, structure and development can be both exciting and entertaining."
>
> Brunnen-"ow, my brain hurts"G

I once had a science text that contained this line:
"Lightning is a very striking form of static electricity." I groaned for days, but very few of my students got it.
Howard